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Music
How Salesforce Helps Music Companies Innovate and Grow
Reading time: 4 minutes
While much of the media and entertainment industry is still recovering from the major losses of the past few years, music stands out as one area that is actually growing stronger every year. According to IFPI’s Global Music Report, global recorded music revenues increased by 10.2% in 2023 and total trade revenues reached $28.6 billion,...
Healthcare
5 Strategies to Reduce Operational Costs in Healthcare
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The U.S. healthcare industry spends almost $4 trillion a year, and administrative spending is nearly one-quarter of that total cost. Combine that with a crisis-level labor shortage and you end up with an economic landscape that has organizations desperate to cut costs and do more with less — all without compromising the patient experience. Thankfully,...
Healthcare
How Salesforce Overcomes the Google Analytics HIPAA Hurdle
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In December 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a bulletin that introduced new challenges for marketers in the healthcare industry by shedding light on additional requirements for compliance with the 1996 law concerning third-party trackers. These technologies, such as Google Analytics or Meta Pixel, collect data on how users interact...
Salesforce Platform
7 Salesforce Data Cloud Best Practices
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Let’s pretend we’re a contestant on Jeopardy!, and the answer is: This software company was Data Cloud customer zero, giving it access to 1.2 billion customer records. The question: What is Salesforce? Before becoming the fastest-growing home-grown product in Salesforce history, Data Cloud was used internally to create one unified profile of Salesforce customers from...
Banking
Business Banking Marketing Strategies to Enhance Experiences
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A bank’s relationship manager (RM) plays a pivotal role in helping its business customers reach their financial goals. However, according to interviews that McKinsey conducted with executives at more than 15 banks, a majority of their relationship managers are acquiring less than five new clients a year. Many said they struggle with customer acquisition, and...
Marketing Cloud
3 Ways to Leverage Marketing to Mitigate Bank Fraud
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A recent survey by J.D. Power found that one in three U.S. bank customers say they have been victims of financial fraud in the past 12 months. 50% of customers under age 40 experienced fraud during that time, as their increased engagement in electronic transfers made them more likely to trust online requests for payments. ...
Media & Entertainment
Harnessing the Power of Salesforce Data Cloud for Marketing
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Publishing companies are soon facing the loss of Google Chrome’s third-party cookies support, which will most likely stop by the end of 2024. Without those cookies, it will be harder for publishers to gather user data, sell targeted segments to advertisers, and deliver on personalization. Publishers will have to rely more on their first-party data,...
Media & Entertainment
4 Generative AI Use Cases to Drive Ad Sales
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One of the first instances of AI showing up in the advertising industry was with a Lexus commercial. It was 2018, and Lexus used IBM Watson to create the first commercial entirely scripted by AI. The car company leveraged IBM Watson to analyze 15 years of car and luxury brand campaigns that had won Cannes...
Wealth
4 Ways Wealth Advisors Can Capitalize on Graduation Season
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One of the most traditional graduation gifts is money. And students will need it, considering that over the last 20 years, the average tuition at private schools has increased by nearly 150% and is expected to continue to climb. According to U.S. News, tuition and fees for the 2022-2023 school year cost an average of...
Healthcare
Healthcare Marketing Automation: 3 Ways to Drive the Bottom Line
Reading time: 5 minutes
Today’s healthcare landscape is in flux, but why? There are several key factors driving this change. In today’s article, we will take the perspective of change being driven by two primary forces: Consumers/patients/members demand a better healthcare experience, something similar to their local Starbucks or at-home Amazon shopping experience. The entrance of major disruptors within...